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76 hospital workers at risk of Ebola infection

By The Hill  
   October 15, 2014

At least 76 hospital workers in Dallas could be at risk of contracting Ebola, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday. CDC director Tom Frieden said the government has cast "a wide net" to identify people who may have had contact with the Ebola patient who died at the hospital last week. That includes anyone who entered the room of the Dallas hospital's first Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, and anyone who might have handled specimens of his blood, Frieden said.

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